Insecta - Diptera - Chaoboridae
Alternative combinations: Mesotendipes gregaria, Samarura gregaria
Synonyms: Chironomaptera melanura Ping 1928, Mesotendipes melanura Ping 1928
Full reference: A. W. Grabau. 1923. Cretaceous fossils from Shantung. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of China 5:143-181
Belongs to Chironomaptera according to A. Borkent 2014
See also Grabau 1923, Hong 1982, Hong 1984, Kalugina 1980, Kalugina 1985, Kalugina 1993, Lin 1976, Lin 1980, Lin 1982, Lin 1992, Ping 1928, Wang 1980, Zhang 1986 and Zhang 1997
Sister taxa: Chironomaptera bucucunica, Chironomaptera collessi, Chironomaptera gobiensis, Chironomaptera karabonica, Chironomaptera scobloi, Chironomaptera vesca
Type specimens:
- Chironomaptera gregaria: Its type locality is Locality 218, 1 li north of Po-Tzu, Laiyang, which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large shale in the Laiyang Formation of China
- Chironomaptera melanura: Cat. No. 2140, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Locality Ho 228, west of Tuanwang, Laiyang County, which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large shale in the Laiyang Formation of China.
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (18 collections), Mongolia (2), the Russian Federation (4)
Total: 24 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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